There is only one Senator who is calling for a massive improvement to the infrastructure of the country, and that is the Independent Senator from the state of Vermont, the self described Independent Socialist, Bernie Sanders. He is now Chairman of the powerful Senate Budget Committee, and is not satisfied with the 3.5 trillion dollar infrastructure package in domestic investments. Sanders is arguing that 6 trillion dollars is required!
It is clear that Senator Sanders is a devoted follower of John Maynard Keynes, one of the most highly respected bourgeois economists of the twentieth century. As the current bourgeois economists phrase it, ”the main plank of Keynes’s theory, which has come to bear his name, is the assertion that aggregate demand -measured as the sum of spending by households, businesses and the government- is the most important driving force of an economy”.
To think that the bourgeois economist who came up with that ”plank”, is considered to be one of the best and brightest! What else could ”demand” be, but the ”spending of households, businesses and government”? And how could that not be the ”most important driving force of the economy”? Yet Keynes is considered to be a genius for pointing this out!
Perhaps it would be best to allow Sanders to explain this in his own words, as he expressed himself after meeting with President Biden. ”He knows and I know that we’re seeing an economy where the very, very rich are getting richer, while working families are struggling…My job is to do everything I can to see that the Senate comes forward with the strongest possible legislation to protect the needs of the working families of this country… We want to see a reconciliation bill which shows the working families of this country that the government can and must work for them.. What we are trying to do is transformative. The legislation that the president and I are supporting will go further to improve the lives of working people than any legislation since the 1930’s… Does anyone deny that our child care system, for example, is a disaster? Does anyone deny that pre K, similarly, is totally inadequate? Does anyone deny that there’s something absurd that our young people can’t afford to go to college, or are leaving school deeply in debt? Does anyone deny that our infrastructure is collapsing?”
Well spoken, Bernie Sanders! No one can deny that!
It is clear that Sanders is one of the finest ”Independent Socialists”, technically referred to as a utopian socialist. He has stated the problem clearly, while carefully avoiding any reference to classes. The ”very, very rich” is a reference to the billionaires, the bourgeoisie, and he is correct that they are ”getting richer”. The ”working families” is a reference to the working class, the proletariat, and it is true that the working class is ”struggling”. Or at best, many of the working people are struggling, while so many others are unemployed, homeless, hungry and desperate. In fact, these people are not so much struggling, as being degraded.
As a result of the revolutionary motion that is sweeping the country, Senator Sanders has been placed in charge of the powerful Senate Budget Committee. As such, he is correct when he states that it is his duty to ”protect the needs of the working families of this country”. For that reason, he is proposing a massive ”reconciliation bill”, with the idea of providing proper education, from pre kindergarten through college, along with a major overhaul of the infrastructure, among other things. What is more, he thinks that President Biden supports him on this. Now where would he get an idea like that? Probably from President Biden, as a means of stalling Sanders!
The fact of the matter is that many of the finest intellectuals among the capitalists, especially the economists, are well aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. What is more, they are also well aware that those theories are correct. All the more reason to do everything in their power to divert the revolutionary motion!
Those same bourgeois economists are well aware that, as Marx stated, ”reforms serve to strengthen and further the revolutionary motion”. For that reason, they are opposed to reforms. They tried to block the recent ”economic stimulation package”, in which almost all Americans received a ”stimie check”, and it worked wonders for the economy. It also served to ”strengthen and further the revolutionary motion”, as the bourgeois economists are well aware. They are afraid that the proposed ”reconciliation bill” will do even more damage, to the extent of workers demanding higher wages, as well as forcing the billionaires, the bourgeoisie, to pay a higher rate of taxes. God forbid!
Yet the fact remains that the ”stimie checks” have served to strengthen the working class revolutionary motion, and it is time to build upon that. The best way to do that is by having all ”Leftist” people come together in support of Senator Sanders. It matters not if they consider themselves to be Independent Socialists, Democratic Socialists, Social Democrats, Communists or just plain socialists. For that matter, they can be anarchists or people who are determined to see some change for the better. We can all agree to support Sanders, in his quest to force through the ”reconciliation bill”.
Perhaps the best way to do this is to join the two mainstream political parties, both Democrat and Republican, as card carrying members. As such members decide the candidates for all political offices, they have great power. They can force elected officials to vote in favour of Sanders and his reconciliation bill, because if they do not, they will not be allowed to run for reelection. Faced with the prospect of career suicide, watch how fast they become sweetly reasonable!
At the same time, the true Communists, those who call for the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat, can use that platform to make clear that the problem is one of capitalism, that the capitalists, the bourgeoisie, must be overthrown and crushed under the Dictatorship Of the Bourgeoisie. In this way, we can distinguish ourselves from the social chauvinists and the utopian socialists. Bear in mind that our goal is to raise the level of awareness of the working class. The one and only way to overthrow the capitalists is by abolishing the existing state apparatus. As well, we can possibly persuade the utopian socialists of the correctness of our policies, while making clear our differences with the social chauvinists.
We are suggesting this as a course of action, in conjunction with the creation of a Communist Party, Dictatorship Of the Proletariat. As well, the members of the various Zones, which have sprung up across the country, should prepare for the insurrection. That includes learning the proper use of firearms, especially twenty twos, as they are the least expensive. As well, both men and women should learn to use night sticks, pepper spray, paint balls and slings, complete with marbles. Become comfortable with the wearing of helmets and bullet proof vests. Each Zone should be provided with several pipe wrenches, and all should be taught to use them. Opening up a fire hydrant is simplicity itself. If enough hydrants are opened, the water pressure drops to zero, and the use of water cannons is neutralized, as the water trucks get their water from fire hydrants.
As the American women are currently leading the revolutionary motion, this falls mainly upon their shoulders. The women have proven themselves to be excellent organizers, and those are precisely the skills we need now. It was Lenin who consistently stressed the importance of the ”key link”. The key link now is organization, in preparation for the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat. Ladies, we have complete confidence in you.
Gerald McIsaac Science Project 